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Coming off opiates after long periods of continuous use

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Would love to hear the experiences of anyone who has come off opiates (either prescribed or illicit) after a long protracted period of continuous use.

I came off a a very high dose of methadone cold turkey (ostensibly prescribed for pain control but it the end I think like was just taking it cos I was dependant on it and stopping would be so hard). Anyway as I say I stopped CT and the withdrawal was predictably awful. I have been off for several months now and still feel awful most days. I've read about people feeling great once the withdraw was over but my experience has been the opposite.... I feel terrible.

Obviously being on very large doses for the best part of 20 years it's not going to get better overnight but life seems just such a struggle.

I'd very much like to hear of the experiences of others.

Thanks.
 
i met one guy at the 'clinic' who had been on methadone for about 18 years (prescribed to get off heroin which he got into at a very young age). One day he just got so angry with himself, and with his situation that i think he just decided to CT. I think it must have been his anger that got him through, as he felt like he had wasted so many years of his life. He described barely having the energy to do much more than crawl for a while. The good news is that he is now one hell of a personality, absolutely full of life and as sharp as a fucking knife. We are not sposed to talk about the other clients outside of the place, but ive not given any names or enough detail that anything could be traced to him.

Ive no personal experience of anything in that league, but when my first bupe quit failed, i got back onto the the lowest dose for a while, just enough to improve things, i kind of 'rested up' 'recharged by batteries' however you wanna phrase it for a couple of weeks. After that quitting was a hundred times easier. I think i had rushed my taper and ran myself down. I'd imagine you'd have an extreme case of something simillar. After 20 years your brain is gonna take some time to start producing its own natural endorphins again, as it hasnt needed to for 20 years, it needs someone better informed than me to estimate how lonng that might take if you absoluetly determined to stick it out and stay off the stuff.
 
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Clinic???? Don't you het your subs / methadone off your key worker? That's how I get mine n I don't know anyone else that goes to the DSP. Some of them wait when I'm waiting to see my key worker but I don't talk to them as I'm scared of them as some of them shout n are voilent.

Sorry won't post anymore as I don't wish to derail thread but just curious as to what you meant by clinic? Unless you just mean when you all wait to see your key worker to give you your script?

Evey
 
its a word i used to call the place where we went for various types of 'recovery support'. The best support was mainly from my peers, the most surprising thing for me was that the vast majority of 'clients' were around my age. I'd expected them all to be much younger.
 
post acute wd's, mate. theyll ast longe for you cos of your huge doses and the fact meth is potent and takes a long time to come off.

exercise, good food, relaionships/sex, therapy/councelling/NA, hobbies and other shit that cheers you up and/or is good for you all help, but the main cure is TIME.

ive been clean 5 months apart from one small relapse and im only just starting to feel good again, and my habit (though illicit) was NOTHING compared to yours.

just hang in there and bear in mind any use whatsoever will only prolong the misery. it WILL pass!!
 
Have you had your testosterone levels tested? After 20 years I bet you could do with regular testosterone shots to get you feeling normal again. It's one reason why exercise is often stated as helping recovery but sometimes you need a direct helping hand.
 
I came off a 2.5 year methadone treatment program last March of 2015. I was dropping in weekly increments of 10mls (going against my doctors advice of 5mls p/w because I was just sick and tired of the routine and and felt more of a slave to the methadone than the heroin itself) and after 3 weeks my sleep was better than it had been before I ever meddled with opiates, my and my intellectual faculties returned with a sharp wit and the likes of such clarity I haven't experienced in an eternity. I'm going back to university to study for my PhD and should be employed in the next few weeks.

I highly advise it. Any questions on the matter: shoot.
 
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